This is one of the few instances where I'll admit that I wish Facebook or Twitter had an answer for this. We have to do some more due diligence to make sure these claims are valid, but if they do turn out to be true, then we have some very serious issues to consider.
Save videos in hd quality, MP4 or convert them to MP3. Google should ban this app immediately for breaking the terms, and US legislators should make a law prohibiting it outright. No Watermark TikTok video download without watermark, remove a TT logo. Given the expertise involved, I can't see this as an 'oops, we didn't know' oversight with respect to either alternative design choices or platform rules. (I'm not saying that they would, but that we should be wary of the possibility.)įurthermore, this does not seem like an accident in TikTok's design. That would be an incredible capability to possess in the event that they wanted to launch an attack or distract us.
Imagine if they decided to shut off everyone's ability to communicate. If these claims are true, a remote state actor can now take over 40% of young American's phones. There's also a few snippets of code on the Android version that allows for the downloading of a remote zip file, unzipping it, and executing said binary.
